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Brisk start greets farmers’ co-op, Page IB 482-4418 Wednesday, February 23, 2011 COA wants control over Walker site Vote expected March 7 From staff reports With the future of College of The Albemarle’s Edenton-Chow an campus uncertain, President Kandi Deitemeyer is asking the Chowan County Commissioners to grant COA the lease over the entire D.E Walker site. Currently, some COA programs are being offered at the former D.E Walker High School. The D.E Walker Alumni group, along with ' • RLE PHOTO Organizers, headed by the county’s recreation department, have begun raising funds for the storm-damaged Bennett’s Millpond, seen here in this file photo. Leaders have opted to repair the millpond with private donations instead of seeking relief from taxpayers. Parker: County would be the last resort By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor Instead of taxpayers carry ing the financial responsibility of repairing the storm-damaged and county-owned Bennett’s Mill pond, those costs will be absorbed by private donations. The recent rejections by state and federal agencies to fix the broken levees caused by Tropical Storm Nicole has led to the deci the Information Technol ogy department for Eden ton Chowan schools, also have space on the site. In a letter to the county man ager last week, Deitemey er asked that COA become the leasee over the entire site, effectively making it the official Edenton Chowan campus. “The letter that went to the county manager today is ask ing the county commissioners to' readdress the lease that we have sion to pursue fundraisers. “The county would be the last resort. Whatever we don’t get, we’ll have to pay for out of the county’s contingency fund,” said Chowan County Manager Paul Parker. Although the Federal Emergen cy Management Agency estimat ed the damages at Bennett’s and Dillard’s millponds to be about $120,000, the county has narrowed its repair scope that is projected to Deitemeyer at the D.F. Walker school site,” Deitemeyer said, last Wednesday. Deitemeyer says that COA would be willing to grant the D.E Walker Alumni group access to some facilities. How the school district would be impacted could not be clarified, Thursday. un Monday, a Chowan County Board of Commissioners meeting did not specifically address COA’s request. The board, however, met cost roughly $30,000. Part of that streamlined scope includes only repairing Bennett’s Millpond. “That doesn’t mean that we’re not going to make repairs to Dil lard’s, we just had to prioritize,” said Mary Sawyer, interim di rector of the Recreation Depart ment. Parker agreed. “We’ll attack Dillard’s after we finish Bennett’s,” he added. “We’re going to one at a time.” In a closed session afterward to discuss county leases. Commis sion Chairman Eddy Goodwin, and commissioners Ralph Cole and Ellis Lawrence were not pres ent. Douglas Stallings, alumni as sociation president, addressed the commissioners and requested that the board reconsider the lease. He reiterated his earlier stance that the alumni group is trying to protect its heritage. See WALKER, 3A Dillard’s is privately owned, however, the public has access in exchange for the county main taining the site. Levees at both millponds col lapsed to the pressure of Nicole’s deluge in September. FEMA informed the county that the damages did not qualify for funding. The state’s Division of Water Quality and the Wildlife See MILLPOND, 2A The Daily Advance garners 20 state press awards ■ ■ ' • ■ ’ ■ ■■■ - :• • -A'-. ■ • ' . . ' ■ . . ■ . Chowan Herald collects two awards From staff reports • The Dally Advance cap tured 20 press awards in the North Carolina Press Association’s 2010 News, Editorial & Photojournal ism Contest, the group an nounced Thursday. The Perquimans Weekly and Chowan Herald also picked up awards during a presentation ceremony held as part of the NCPA Winter Institute on the campus of University of 02009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved Balduf Beamon Bond s; Clark Day Eure Falls Harris Hunley Kelly-Goss Pitts Riebel Starnes Thach Turney Wilson North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The 20 total awards is the most won by The Daily Advance in a single year at NCPA. The awards include nine for first place, four for second place and six for third place. The news paper also took third place in the prestigious General Excellence category. Among individual win ners, Education Reporter Kristin Pitts won five awards, including first place for feature writing, investigative reporting and serious columns; sec ond place for lighter col , umns and third place for feature writing. ; 4 See AWARDS, 3A Seabrook penalized $28K for; fatality By RITCHIE E. STARNES Editor An Edenton business has been fined $28,000 for five “serious” violations that contributed to the death of a worker, accord ing to the N.C. Department of Labor. Seabrook Ingredients will meet with the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health in an informal conference next Wednesday to discuss its findings, one of three op tions issued by the state, said Dolores Quesenber ry, Department of Labor spokeswoman. Steven Lamar Phelps, 25, of 304 N. Granville Street was fatally injured Nov. 11 after his safety harness became entangled in an auger. On Jan. 24, the state ruled that Seabrook failed to have locking procedures for moving parts when Phelps’ was “cleaning a 5,000 gallon stainless steel tank when his lanyard became wrapped around the unguarded shaft of a 125 horsepower agitator drive motor which was not turned off or turned out.” State reports show that only the company’s sanita tion department supervi sor had the ability and au thorization to lock out the equipment. None of the employees were trained or authorized to perform lockouts during the clean ing process. Each violation resulted in a $5,600 penalty. Once citations are is sued, the company has 15 working days from receipt of the citation to do one of the three following: 1. Request an informal conference with the Labor See SEABROOK, 3A Smoke i to blame\ in Banks* death From staff reports Z The medical examiner ruled Wednesday that 10l£ year-old Flora Banks died as the result of smoking inhalation from an acci dental fire. v Banks perished last Monday evening when her 207 E. Freemason Street house caught ablaze. Authorities believe a kerosene heater in the bedroom caused the fatal blaze. Edenton police chief Jay Fortenbery said Banks’ body was found lying on the floor near the heater. The bedroom of the house was completely burned, Fortenbery said. Banks’ pet dog, a terrier mix named Snowball, also died in the fire. Edenton Lions Club - “We Serve > Breakfast for the blind Edenton Baptist Church - March 19th j 7AM • 11 AM $6,00 - all proceed* benefit the Lions Program For the Blind.
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